Movies like Miss Congeniality
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Miss Congeniality (2000)
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, sweet, romantic, humorous, ridiculous, sexy, feminist film, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
undercover agent, fish out of water, beauty pageant, female agent, personality change, working undercover, strong female lead, fbi agent, tomboy, fbi, tough girl, special agents, female fbi agent, rivalry, undercover cop, teenager, undercover, beauty queen, women, transformation, makeover, adaptation, femininity, happy ending, creativity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 2000s, year 2000, 90s, year 1982
Place:
hawaii, austin texas, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, texas, new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, sexy and realistic films with plots about dialogue, life philosophy, mentor, stereotypes, catastrophe, police investigation and culture clash mostly in Comedy, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like Miss Congeniality: The Heat (2013), One for the Money (2012), Legally Blonde (2001), White Chicks (2004), Two Weeks Notice (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After her triumph at the Miss United States pageant, FBI agent Gracie Hart becomes an overnight sensation -- and the new "face of the FBI." But it's time to spring into action again when the pageant's winner, Cheryl, and emcee, ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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An unemployed lingerie buyer convinces her bail bondsman cousin to give her a shot as a bounty hunter. Her first assignment is to track down a former cop on the run for murder – the same man who broke her heart years before. With the help of some ...
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Time:
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Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Elle Woods has it all. She's the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner ...
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lawyer, sorority, girl power, blonde, fashion, law school, college, law student, believe in yourself, rivalry, university, fish out of water ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. As punishment, they are forced to escort a pair of socialites to the Hamptons, where they're going to be used as bait for a kidnapper. But when the girls realize ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
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wyoming, new york, los angeles, usa, san francisco
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100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city ...
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Duration: 102 min.
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Country: USA
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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24%
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Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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